The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM), Lawrence Agyinsam, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to supporting the Government of Ghana’s quest for a feasible and sustainable export-led economy in line with the bank’s mandate to facilitate the transformation of Ghana’s economy into an export one by supporting and developing...
Financial Wellness with Richmond Kwame Frimpong
Put simply, a mutual fund is a pool of funds(money) collected from many investors for the purpose of investing in securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and similar assets. It usually employs a professional fund manager to manage the investment. The manager’s...
Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has signed an agreement with the National Association of Registered Midwives, Ghana (NARMG) to offer its members loan facility up to GHS150,000 which will be spread over a period of 48 months.
The newly introduced UMB Controller Loan product for the NARMG will be at a...
Head of Business Enablement at Stanbic Bank Ghana, Marian Amartey, has shared that as technology continues to change our way of life, it has become necessary for banks to work hand in hand with Fintechs for them to thrive in the digital age.
Speaking at ‘The Money Summit’ on a...
Shareholders of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC have granted approval for a record capital injection of GH¢2billion into the bank to strengthen its operations.
The resolution was passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of shareholders on Thursday, December 28, 2023 at the Accra Financial Centre. The resolution was...
BOOK TITLE: The Modern Branch Manager’s Companion
AUTHOR: Alberta Quarcoopome
FORWORD : Joseph B. Tetteh, Board Chairman, First National Bank
REVIEWER: JOHN AWUAH, CEO, Ghana Association of Bankers, & Former
CEO, Universal Merchant Bank.
OF PAGES: 440
As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers with several decades of banking practice,...
The Mastercard Foundation, an independent non-profit organisation, has announced its intention to allocate US$1.3billion in partnership with the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC) over the next three years to assist in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery on the continent.
The initiative, which is dubbed...
Access Bank Ghana is committed to building the capacity of 10,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. The initiative, which forms part of the company’s efforts to support the growth of SMEs in the country, is to provide them with the needed tools to boost their knowledge on...
On March 21, 2017, 44 African leaders gathered at Kigali, Rwanda, to sign the framework that establishes the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCTFA) - aimed at creating a single continental market for goods and services as well as a Customs union with free movement of capital and business...
The formation and inauguration of the Association of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) has been widely lauded, and the platform urged to be used to contribute to building a more formidable rural banking industry.
The Executive Director of the Association of Rural Banks, Ghana (ARB), Mrs....